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John Slack

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 18, 1915 in Charleston, WV
Died: March 17, 1980 in Alexandria, VA

Education:

  • Attended Virginia Military Institute

Career:

  • Kanawha County Court, 1948-1952
  • Kanawha County assessor, 1952-1958


Election Results for John Slack


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 43 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,765 64.0%
1958 43 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 93,209 66.1%
1960 45 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 52,824 100.0%
1960 45 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 108,452 61.8%
1962 47 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,646 100.0%
1962 47 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,743 61.7%
1964 49 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,125 100.0%
1964 49 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,117 65.4%
1966 51 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,974 100.0%
1966 51 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 60,073 61.6%
1968 53 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,573 84.5%
1968 53 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 82,911 60.5%
1970 55 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,204 78.4%
1970 55 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,630 65.4%
1972 57 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,308 100.0%
1972 57 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 118,346 63.7%
1974 59 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,986 60.7%
1974 59 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 77,586 68.5%
1976 61 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 70,716 86.8%
1976 61 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 128,086 99.7%
1978 63 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 47,355 100.0%
1978 63 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,837 59.2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for John Slack


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1959 44 House 18 82 87 6 R 46 52 94 89
1960 45 House 5 95 80 16 R 51 47 96 100
1961 46 House 26 57 67 12 D 62 14 74 80 8
1962 47 House 25 69 82 12 D 85 12 91 75 14
1963 48 House 20 80 89 5 D 90 6 94 91 13
1964 49 House 42 58 77 13 D 83 6 90 85 19
1965 50 House 25 73 78 15 D 79 12 90 37 41
1966 51 House 24 73 81 9 D 79 11 92 65 23
1967 52 House 39 54 76 17 D 81 12 92 67 14
1968 53 House 47 43 62 28 D 68 23 90 42 26
1969 54 House 62 33 64 29 R 60 38 94 27 67
1970 55 House 64 32 58 33 R 58 35 92 17 39
1971 56 House 65 24 52 36 R 54 37 90 26 44
1972 57 House 54 39 51 31 R 43 57 88 25 40
1973 58 House 62 36 66 32 R 40 58 96 44 52
1974 59 House 57 37 60 31 R 66 30 92 30 26
1975 60 House 58 40 63 32 R 49 49 95 37 37
1976 61 House 61 36 59 36 R 51 47 95 26 41
1977 62 House 51 44 68 26 D 54 43 94 32 30
1978 63 House 57 34 56 33 D 43 48 89 28 48
1979 64 House 68 29 65 31 D 54 42 94 26 38
1980 65 House 15 10 D 9 9 20 33 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.